you have a part time job at a local restraunt. One evening you work 3 hours and earn 20.25. on Saturday you work 6 hours and earn 40.50. determine your hourly wage, the rate of the change.

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roadjester · Answer

Is this a calc problem? it mentions "rate of change" which is a derivative in calculus

anonymous · Answer

rate of change just means compute the slope of 
$$(3,20.25), (6,40.5)$$

roadjester · Answer

although, i would just say, if it's a simple problem, make it (amount earned)/(number of hours worked)

roadjester · Answer

so you get dollars per hour which is still a rate of change

anonymous · Answer

a really dumb question since unless you get paid for just showing up you might as well divide $$\frac{20.25}{3}$$

roadjester · Answer

6.75 dollars/hour

anonymous · Answer

no reason to compute a slope for sure. unless you get  money for clocking in. you make $6.75 per hour

roadjester · Answer

as long as you have something/something, it's a rate of change

amistre64 · Answer

20.25
------- ; it the second data point wasnt a scalar of the first then wed have to
    3              do a little more work to find the average hourly pay

anonymous · Answer

It's about 6.80

amistre64 · Answer

if I work for 3 hours and make 20.25; then I expect to work for 6 hours at the same pay scale and make 40.50 since I worked twice as long

amistre64 · Answer

we can put in a 0 pay for 0 hours work and see if it matches up to a line or a quad :)

amistre64 · Answer

pay  = 6.75h

anonymous · Answer

this is a dumb question yes

amistre64 · Answer

(6,40.50)
(3,20.25)
---------
(3,20.25); slope = y/x = 20.25/3 = 6.75

anonymous · Answer

wage = pay / time worked. they gave us

amistre64 · Answer

not really 'dumb'.  Its a simple question yes; but not a 'dumb' question perse..

anonymous · Answer

sorry guys, im not a math person....